read from text file help!!

Hi Guys. I am new to this. I have to read data from a.txt file using C++.
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The text file says:

The cout statement comes from what library?:a:abcdabdcbadcbabdcbabdabcabaabacbadba(fi rst line)

What was the output of this statement?:c:bdcbabdabcabaabacbadbaccccccccccbadcb a (second line)
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The output should be :

Question: The cout statement comes from what library?
Answer: a
Responses: 36
A: 12 (33%)
B: 12 (33%)
C: 6 (16.6%)
D: 6 (16.6%)


Question: What was the output of this statement?
Answer: c
Responses: 38
A: 10 (26.3%)
B: 10 (26.3%)
C: 14 (38.8%)
D: 4 (11.1%)

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This is the code I have done so far: ( As you can see I have not done it all, but I am stuck because I am not sure what to put in the function parts, which is my my while loops are blank now. And I am not sure IF WHAT I DID is even right or not. SO any help will be greatly appreciated. Please help if you can. Thanks)
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Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

string GetQuestion(ifstream &in);
char GetAnswer(ifstream &in);
string GetResponse(ifstream &in);

int main()
{
  cout << " Sandeep Pulugurtha's Class Results " << endl;
  cout << " Mr. Lupoli CMSC 201 PROJECT #2 " << endl;
  cout << " December 1 , 2007 " << endl;
       
  string question;
  char answer;
  string response;

  ifstream infile;
 
  inFile.open("ExamResponses.txt", ios_base::in);
    if (!inFile) {
        cout << "Unable to open file";
        exit(1); // terminate with error
    }

    while(!(infile.eof()))
    {
        question = GetQuestion(infile);
        cout << question << endl;
    }

    while(!(infile.eof()))
    {
        answer = GetAnswer(infile);
        cout << answer << endl;
    }

    while(!(infile.eof()))
    {
        response = GetResponse(infile);
        cout << response << endl;
    }
    infile.close();
}

 string GetQuestion(ifstream &in)
 {
        string question;
        while(!(in.eof()))
        {
                getline(in, question, ‘:’)
        }

 }
       
char GetAnswer(ifstream &in)
 {
        char answer;
        while(!(in.eof()))
        {
                getline(in,  answer, ‘:’)
        }

 }

string GetResponse(ifstream &in)
 {
        string response;
        while(!(in.eof()))
        {
                getline(in, response, ‘:’)
        }

 }
 return 0;
}

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Instead of all those eof() loops, I would just have one loop in main():

Code:

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while (getline(infile, question, ':'))
{
        //Print question

        getline(infile, answer, ':');
        //Print answer

        getline(infile, response);
        //Call function to tally responses
}

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Then make a function to tally the responses, and maybe another function to print them, or this could be in the same function.

Okay, I've got it running - it is reading the file in (you can see it if you
put a cout in the individual function), but it doesn't look like anything is
being returned to the main() yet. It is running though...but im just stuck!!..please any help would be greatly appreciated!

Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fstream>
#include <iomanip>

using namespace std;

string GetQuestion(ifstream &in);
char GetAnswer(ifstream &in);
string GetResponse(ifstream &in);

int main()
{
 cout << " Sandeep Pulugurtha's Class Results " << endl;
 cout << " Mr. Lupoli CMSC 201 PROJECT #2 " << endl;
 cout << " December 1 , 2007 " << endl;

string question;
char answer;
string response;

 ifstream infile;

 infile.open("I:\\Exam Responses.txt", ios_base::in);
  if (!infile)
      {
      cout << "Unable to open file";
      exit(1); // terminate with error
  }

  while (!(infile.eof()))
  {
  GetQuestion(infile);
  cout << question;

  //GetAnswer(infile);
  GetResponse(infile);
  }

  infile.close();
}


string GetQuestion(ifstream &in)
 {
        string question;
        while(!(in.eof()))
        {
            getline(in, question, ':');
        }
        return question;
 }

char GetAnswer(ifstream &in)
 {
        string answer;
        while(!(in.eof()))
        {
            getline(in,answer, ':');

        }
        return answer.at(0);
 }

string GetResponse(ifstream &in)
 {
        string response;
        while(!(in.eof()))
        {
                getline(in, response, ':');

        }
        return response;
 }

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> GetQuestion(infile);
question = GetQuestion(infile);

what do u mean, replace what I have with what you gave?
Where exactly should i put that ?


thanks in advance.

Replace!

Code:

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  GetQuestion(infile);
  cout << question;

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question is empty because you haven't assigned it anything. GetQuestion returns a string that you want, but you're not assigning it to variable question.